Chapter 103 Peace Talks

After my father was pulled onto the side of the ship by a sailor, he kept looking around at the ship. ()

"How can this be?" When my father saw Cesar, his doubts even overpowered his joy: "The Valley of the White Dove? It was not "Salander" by the Salanders. ”

"How is it," Cesar put his hat straight with a conceited expression, "it's exactly the same as before, it's not just you working hard all these years, I'm not idle"

The father turned to look at the female captain and Sabo Marion who were standing to the side, and nodded to them.

Marion still has the same expression, but the gray hair is slightly more, and after Xiaokui married Salander, Marion aged quickly.

After seeing her father, the female captain showed a beautiful smile: "Arcadio, we meet again." We have been following you overseas all these years. Cesar's letter to me is full of you as an opening topic. Isn't it, Captain Cesara, it seems difficult for us to have anything else to talk about."

Cesar gave an embarrassed expression, a childish expression that at once overwhelmed the captaincy that Cesar had worked so hard to show. This kind of restraint swept away the strangeness that my father and Cesar had not seen for many years, and made my father think of those days in college and military school many years ago.

The father broke the awkward atmosphere, he walked over and hugged Cesar, "Long time no see"

At the end of the deck, a group of people dressed in old-fashioned imperial costumes looked at their father and his party uneasily--- these were Uxhall's people, who had already boarded the ship earlier--- at this time, of course, they didn't want their enemies and intermediaries to get too close.

From the moment he saw Captain Lily, his father knew where the Rhodocs were going to stand.

Now it is necessary to determine how the main forces of the pioneers are going to intervene in the present war.

Of course, my father hoped that the pioneers would use all their strength to help Emperor Frederick put down the rebellion as soon as possible, so that he could return to the valley as soon as possible. But on the other hand, the smoky political situation on the highlands made my father have some worries about the pioneers, after all, the pioneers did not have mature ruling experience, most of them had not personally governed the country, many of their political ambitions came from the interpretation of the ancient classics, once such people could do something, my father was not optimistic.

At this time, Stellant called out to his father from afar, and his father greeted a few people and walked over.

The deck was divided into groups of men: two teams of emissaries, a female captain of the pioneers, and two Rhodok officers.

The emissaries of the Eastern Legion were now full of confidence, and the group, led by a Rhodok servant, walked past the Uxhall people with their heads held high. The people of the Eastern Legion did not even show basic politeness as they passed by, and the Uxhall felt the cold treatment of the Easterners, which was not good news, and for the Uxhall people, a difficult negotiation was about to begin.

The negotiations took place in the captain's room, which my father was very familiar with, and except for a few changes in the furnishings, the captain's room remained the same as it had been back then. Just behind the captain, there was a painting of a heroic female captain standing at the bow of the ship--- the woman in the painting was sitting beside Cesar at this time, listening to the meeting with a serious face.

Seeing this scene, my father couldn't help but smile. The smile was quickly captured by Captain Lily, who followed her father's gaze and looked back at Cesar's picture scroll hanging in the captain's room, her face flushed, and then glared at Cesar fiercely.

Cesar coughed softly, avoiding the roll of Lily's eyes, and then announced several agreements for negotiation.

The meeting began, and the meeting was not interesting, it was just a bargaining over and over again. The Uxhall people have limited cards in their hands, and in the face of the aggressive conditions of the easterners, they can only shout a few words angrily, but in the end they still have to nod and agree to the conditions, and then the easterners are satisfied with the next condition.

These conditions, in addition to the unconditional surrender of the city by the Uxhall soldiers, also included the question of prisoners.

There was a purge on the highlands, and in the west, the purge of sympathetic easterners and pioneers was even more brutal, and many people were thrown into prison. Many of the captured officers and men of the Eastern Army were also imprisoned in Uxhall.

The Uxhall were initially adamantly opposed to the release of these dangerous men, hoping that the Rhodoks would take them away with their captives, and if the positions were not sufficient, the Uxhall would be willing to leave behind even some of the servants and low-ranking soldiers rather than the captives. Many of these captives were skilled craftsmen, learned scholars, brave generals, and strong soldiers, and their release would undoubtedly greatly strengthen the Eastern Legion.

The Uxhall had also thought about executing them all before leaving, but the Eastern Legion warned the Uxhall men that if one prisoner was executed, the Eastern Legion would execute ten Uxhauer in retaliation. At the same time, the Eastern Legion provided the Uxhall with a list of the prisoners. Uxhall was astonished to know how accurate the list was, almost exactly matching the secret information in the warden's possession, which made Uxhall's commander so relieved that he couldn't imagine how many Easterner spies he had around him.

The meeting did not negotiate a final handover plan, but the toughness of the easterners eventually led the way of the meeting, and the Uxhall people agreed to release the prisoners in batches.

After the envoys had agreed on the time of the next meeting, the servant entered the captain's chamber and prepared to lead the participants away.

After the Emissary of Uxhall departed dejectedly, loud laughter erupted in the captain's room.

The Rhodok and the pioneers were very satisfied with the outcome of the talks. At this time, Cesar read to the emissary of Emperor Fiderick a letter from Archduke Rhodoc, which expressed concern about the war and explained why Rhodok refused Emperor Fiderick's invitation to form an alliance, citing "the long-term interests and cooperation of the two countries." ”

Strand was familiar with this kind of diplomatic rhetoric, and responded in a similar way.

The Rhodok did this kind of practice that my father was all too familiar with, that is, pretending to persuade in the middle, secretly helping his allies, and avoiding getting into trouble.

My father remembered that whenever Aaron had a fight with a Kugit student, Cesara would persuade him to fight, but at the same time he would hold on to the body of the Kugit so that his father could free up his hands to beat the Kugit.

"Everyone seems to be good at this kind of thing," thought my father.

The formal meeting finally ended, and Captain Lily asked to see Sdurant alone. That's probably the news from the pioneers.

Cesar duly announced the end of the meeting, and the officers and servants rushed out, leaving only Captain Lily and Strand in the room.

Father and Cesar chatted as they walked to the deck.

Over the years, although the speed of Western Sahara's promotion is not a rapid leap, it can also be enviable. In the navy, Cesara had risen to the rank of mid-level officer, but because of seniority, it was likely that he would have remained in this position for many more years before he could have been promoted, if there had been no war.

My father remembered that he had studied secrecy in military school, so he tried to avoid deployment when talking to Cesar. On the contrary, Sisar revealed that the Rhodoks were preparing to send two fleets into the Bluewater River valley to cover the frontiers and transport supplies across the river, and to monitor the movements of the Siswadias.

"Arcadio, in the past, when I mentioned enemies, I always felt that it was difficult to speak in front of you. You know, for Rhodok, the biggest imaginary enemy will always be Svadia, so I have a lot of ideas that I can't tell you. But now it's different, we have a common enemy, don't we? I can now discuss military issues with you, without considering the question of the motherland. Now anything can be said, such as cutting off the commercial routes of Svadia, or even encircling Parabun from the sea, landing in the province of Parabun, etc., can be considered by us. ”

The more his father heard this, the worse his face became, although he knew in his heart that Cesar did not mean to be offended by saying this, but as a soldier of the Frost Castle, and even more so as a soldier of Swadia, it was still a terrible feeling to listen to the generals of neighboring countries talk about how to attack their own country.

Despite this, his father was reluctant to interrupt Cesar directly, but quickly changed the subject, "How are you and Captain Lily?" ”

Cesar was talking about his plan to blockade the port of Paraven with forty warships, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

"Or did you find out" Cesar thought carefully for a long time before pressing his chest with a solemn expression and said solemnly.

Father felt helpless in his heart, "I want to know if there is anyone on this ship who doesn't know about you." ”

Cesara laughed a few times, "Eh, it's good to know." But there's still a long way to go, and Lily is no gentler than Adeline, and she can be deceived by writing a few poems. The last time I wrote her a poem, uh''' borrowed from a Zenda poet, and that Zenda poet turned out to be Lily's tutor. As a result, Lily's reply was accompanied by a reply from the Zen master, and in the letter, the bastard really teased me in every way, saying that I was right and wrong rhymes, and that my words were vain and promiscuous. Finally, Lily told me that in her father's city-state, any scholar on the mainland had books in the library, and she had been familiar with those works since she was a child, so she still suggested that I be original. ”

"Hmm," said my father, touching his chin and looking at the walls of Uxhall in the distance, "this letter is also time-sensitive. The smaller a woman is, the more likely she is to be moved. Even if you find out that you are plagiarizing'''I''m sorry, don't look at me like that'''I will be moved even if I find out that you are borrowing.''' You see, when I was in college, I started writing poetry. And Lily is now so old, it is estimated that it is not so simple, and you have to pay attention to ways and means to deceive her'''"

At this time, both of them felt a chill in their backs at the same time, and they both turned back together, only to see that Captain Lily had walked out of the cabin side by side with Stellant.

Cesar groaned in annoyance: his father found that Lily had tucked the portrait of her under her armpit with disdain.

Cesar reached out to say something to Captain Lily, who had turned and walked into a barn. Stellant also beckoned his father to leave, and his father said goodbye to Cesar, ending the conversation.

When my father returned to the camp, he found that Marion and a hundred crossbowmen from more than 100 Rhodok volunteers had entered the camp and were resting at this time.

In the distance, the gates of Uxhall were slowly opening, and a large group of captives dressed in earthy gray clothes were helping each other out. As soon as the captives left the city, they shouted 'Long live the Emperor' and 'Long live the Frost Castle'

Soon, infected by these people, the cheers in the camp resounded one after another.

The father did not shout, and in the midst of a cry for long live, the father thought about something further away.